Basic Type
A primitive type is simple type that is not made from any other types. All primitive types in Terraform are represented by a type keyword. Available primitive types include:
string: A sequence of Unicode characters representing some text (such as "hello").number: A numeric value, which can be an integer or a decimal.bool: A Boolean value, which can be true or false.Sample:
id = 123vpc_id = "123"status = true
Complex Type
A complex type is a type that groups multiple values into a single value.
Collection type
A collection contains a set of values of the same type:
list(...): A sequence of values identified by consecutive integers starting with 0.map(...): A set of values, each of which is identified by a string label.set(...): A set of unique values.Structural type
object(...): A custom type that contains its own named attributes.tuple(...): A sequence of elements identified by consecutive integers starting with 0, where each element has its own type.Special type
null: An argument set to null is considered omitted. Terraform will automatically ignore the argument and use the default value.any: It is a very special type constraint in Terraform. It is not a type but simply a placeholder. Whenever a value is given a complex type constrained by any, Terraform will try to calculate the most accurate type to replace any.Argument
Argument assignment means assigning a value to a specific argument name. The name can contain letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens and cannot begin with a number, such as:
id = "123"
Block
A block is a container for a set of arguments, such as:
resource "tencentcloud_instance" "foo" {tags = {}vpc_id = "vpc-5bt2ix8p"}
Comment
Terraform supports the following three types of comments:
#: A single-line comment followed by the comment content.//: A single-line comment followed by the comment content./* and */: Multi-line comments that might be span over multiple lines.
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